We are living in an era of radical and rapid technological change that has a direct impact on society, the economy, politics, culture, and the way we perceive and understand the world.
This is why, since its very first editions, WMF has hosted Italian and international journalists to explore the complexity of the present and help us navigate through facts, trends, fake news, and different interpretations of reality.
During the past edition, the dedicated 'Future of Journalism' stage, the Mainstage, and the Legal Tech and Arena-Debate for Future stages hosted prominent figures such as Enrico Mentana, Corrado Formigli, Carlo Lucarelli, Barbara Carfagna, Leyla Elchekhly, Pablo Trincia, Plestia Alaqad, and many others!
The world of journalism will once again take center stage at WMF 2026. While waiting to discover the initiatives for the upcoming edition, take a look at the highlights from 2025.
The stage dedicated to the Startup & VC world, where the ambition of founders and the vision of investors meet.
Here you will find pitch sessions where founders will present their innovative projects, alternated with exclusive roundtables with the protagonists of international Venture Capital.
Backend & Cloud
The stage dedicated to backend development and cloud infrastructure, sponsored by DEVPUNKS, where scalability, performance, and modern architectures take center stage.
Here you’ll find best practices, real-world use cases, and solutions to design robust, distributed systems ready for the future.
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Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
The stage dedicated to digital marketing strategies and business solutions, where innovation meets performance and growth.
Here you’ll discover tools, case studies, and insights to optimize campaigns, drive results, and scale your business effectively.
Advertising
The stage dedicated to digital advertising, focusing on advanced tracking, complex funnels, and high-performing campaigns in key sectors such as healthcare.
Here you’ll explore real case studies and practical tools to optimize your advertising strategies and maximize results.
Robotics & Physical AI
The stage dedicated to robotics and AI applied to the real world, focusing on hands-on projects and building intelligent robots.
Here you’ll explore demos, workshops, and real-world cases to see how AI can be applied to the physical world in innovative and engaging ways.
Machine Learning
The stage dedicated to Machine Learning, focusing on techniques, models, and practical applications in real-world projects.
Here you’ll explore expert insights and case studies to understand how to implement effective ML solutions.
Social Media Strategies
The stage, powered by Social Media Strategies, dedicated to social media strategies in the age of the endless feed, where attention is the real competitive advantage.
Here you’ll discover practical insights, emerging trends, and tools to create effective and engaging content.
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AI Commerce
The stage dedicated to artificial intelligence applied to e-commerce, covering innovative strategies, personalization, and sales optimization.
Here you’ll explore case studies and practical tools to transform e-commerce with AI and maximize business results.
AI & Business Transformation
The stage dedicated to providing a vision of how Artificial Intelligence will shape the future of work, business processes, and society.
Here you’ll explore perspectives, insights, and real examples to understand how AI could transform the world ahead.
Entrepreneurship
The stage dedicated to the future of entrepreneurship, focusing on trust, learning, and new business models in the AI era.
Here you’ll explore ideas, tools, and perspectives to innovate and lead change in the startup and business world.
Start the Future
The stage dedicated to inspiring and guiding participants toward the future, focusing on innovation, leadership, and new opportunities.
Here you’ll discover vision, ideas, and insights to shape your path and anticipate the changes ahead.
Coding Frontend
The stage dedicated to frontend development, focusing on new AI-driven coding paradigms and autonomous workflows.
Here you’ll explore real examples and innovative tools to automate testing and optimize the development of modern interfaces.
Data & Analytics
The stage dedicated to data analysis and using AI to extract deep insights and predict future trends.
Here you’ll explore real case studies and practical tools to turn data into a competitive advantage and optimize business performance.
AI Solutions
The stage dedicated to advanced AI solutions, focusing on scalable, human-centric platforms for enterprise applications.
Here you’ll explore real examples, strategies, and tools to design and implement effective and sustainable AI solutions.
GovTech
The stage where power dynamics are redefined in the age of AI.
From new forms of democracy to geopolitical shifts, from the future of work to next-generation cities, this stage brings together institutions, policymakers, companies, and research leaders to explore how technology and AI are reshaping rules, processes, and decision-making models.
From AI in justice and security to innovation diplomacy, from agentic government to new urban and regional governance models: not just vision, but direction.
To understand who will lead change — and how.
Management & Leadership
The stage dedicated to leadership and management in the AI era, focusing on strategies to lead teams and complex processes.
Here you’ll explore real cases, insights, and tools to innovate, make effective decisions, and develop visionary leadership.
Content Marketing
The stage dedicated to content marketing and digital storytelling, focusing on micro-content, communities, and using AI to tell authentic stories.
Here you’ll explore practical methods, case studies, and tools to create effective and engaging content even in fast-paced, complex contexts.
Journalism
Lo stage dedicato al futuro del giornalismo, tra innovazione digitale, AI e nuovi format narrativi.
Qui troverai prospettive, casi studio e insight da giornalisti e creator per comprendere l’evoluzione del settore.
Content Creators
The stage dedicated to digital creators, YouTubers, and artists, where creativity and storytelling become practical tools to engage audiences. Part of the Social Media Strategies event and built with the support of industry agencies, this stage offers practical examples, personal experiences, and insights to grow as a content creator and build your community.
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EduTech
The stage dedicated to innovation in education, focusing on AI, cognitive mentoring, and lifelong learning.
Here you’ll explore practical examples and case studies to understand how technology can support and enhance human learning.
UX & UI
The stage dedicated to user experience and interface design, in partnership with Architecta, focusing on practical strategies to create intuitive and engaging digital products.
Here you’ll explore real examples, case studies, and expert tips to design top-level user experiences.
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Space Economy
The stage dedicated to the space economy, focusing on innovations, opportunities, and technologies shaping the future of space.
Here you’ll explore insights from experts and industry mentors, and real-world cases to understand the dynamics of orbital and beyond-Earth economies.
Open Innovation & International Ecosystem
The stage dedicated to Open Innovation, where global strategies and local ecosystems meet.
Here you will find sessions that explore the international innovation ecosystem in detail, offering an in-depth overview of expansion opportunities and the dynamics of foreign markets.
Impact To Business
The stage dedicated to impact business models, which focuses on the inseparable link between profit and sustainability.
Here you will find outstanding case studies and strategies for implementing regenerative models, offering an in-depth overview of positive-impact growth opportunities.
AI Marketing
The stage dedicated to using AI in marketing, focusing on continuous simulations, campaign optimization, and data-driven decision making.
Here you’ll explore practical examples and tools to transform marketing strategies, test concepts in real time, and enhance results.
Mainstage
The Mainstage is the heart of WMF - We Make Future. It is the festival’s primary stage, hosting a dynamic lineup of keynotes, panels, and roundtables focused on future trends, alongside live shows, entertainment, and exclusive product launches. It is a space for deep-seated reflections and interviews on innovative topics with high social impact.
As the symbolic gathering place for the WMF Community, the Mainstage brings together leading global players and experts to explore the frontiers of technology and society. Together, we chart the course toward a better, shared, inclusive, and sustainable future.
The program is currently under development and may be subject to changes and updates.
Tech For Business
The stage dedicated to technological innovation for business, focusing on tools and strategies to grow startups and companies.
Here you’ll explore talks by founders and CEOs, real-world cases, and practical insights to apply technology effectively and strategically.
Digital Strategy
The stage dedicated to innovative digital strategies, focusing on digital media, AI, and new adaptive growth models.
Here you’ll explore insights, case studies, and tools to plan effective campaigns and tackle the ever-evolving digital landscape.
Brand Strategy
The stage dedicated to brands and corporate strategy in the AI era, focusing on AI literacy, the ability to guide intelligent systems, and creating real competitive advantage.
Here you’ll explore practical insights, case studies, and tools to understand how AI can transform brand management and strategic communication.
Future of Work
The stage dedicated to the future of work, focusing on AI, new organizational models, and emerging skills.
Here you’ll explore insights, real-world cases, and strategies to prepare for professional changes and innovate the way we work.
Cybersecurity
The stage dedicated to cybersecurity, focusing on AI to optimize threat modeling and assist security architects in risk analysis.
Here you’ll explore case studies, tools, and strategies to protect complex systems and reduce cognitive load in managing cybersecurity.
Legal Tech
The stage dedicated to legal innovation, focusing on AI, algorithms, and digital systems applied to law and regulatory compliance.
Here you’ll explore case studies, best practices, and insights to understand how technologies are transforming the legal sector and supporting businesses and professionals.
Search & AI
The stage dedicated to the evolution of search in the AI era, where SEO, new answer engines, and digital visibility converge.
Here you’ll explore strategies, case studies, and tools to optimize your online presence across traditional search and AI-driven systems.
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Book Presentation
In this stage, visionary authors will present their books on digital and social innovation and the future of marketing. A unique opportunity to discover new ideas and perspectives through stimulating dialogues and in-depth discussions on cutting-edge topics.
The goal: to inspire reflection and personal growth by exploring the narratives that will shape the future.
Music & Art
The stage dedicated to the future of music and art, focusing on AI, creativity, and innovations in festivals and live performances.
Here you’ll explore AI tools for music, artist promotion, and event management, along with insights to discover new artistic expressions.
Agentic AI
The stage dedicated to Agentic AI and Agentic Experience Architectures, focusing on context-aware, adaptive intelligent systems that go beyond single-task automation.
Here you’ll explore examples and concepts on structuring autonomous AI flows for complex, personalized user experiences.
Non-Profit
The stage dedicated to technology for the non-profit sector, focusing on digital tools, VR, and video games to enhance social impact and resilience.
Here you’ll explore practical examples and innovative projects to support education, inclusion, and social action through technology.
Fintech & Digital Assets
The stage dedicated to the future of finance and fintech, focusing on AI, payment innovations, and new business models.
Here you’ll explore insights and perspectives on how technology is transforming the financial sector and the emerging opportunities for companies and startups.
Innovation Film Fest
The stage dedicated to innovative cinema and audiovisual content, focusing on digital storytelling, emerging technologies, and narratives exploring the future.
Here you’ll explore screenings, case studies, and discussions with directors and creatives to discover new forms of cinema and media.
Digital Health
The stage, in partnership with FONDAZIONE GIMBE, dedicated to digital innovation in healthcare, focusing on AI, molecular modeling, and tools to improve treatments and hospital processes.
Here you’ll explore expert talks, case studies, and innovative projects to see how technology is transforming health and medicine.
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Social Advertising
The stage dedicated to social advertising, focusing on advanced performance measurement, experimentation, and creative optimization across major platforms.
Here you’ll explore real case studies, testing frameworks, and repeatable workflows to improve conversions, ROAS, and campaign impact.
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AI Tourism
The stage dedicated to Artificial Intelligence applied to tourism, focusing on experience personalization, data analysis, and service innovation.
Here you’ll explore case studies, tools, and strategies to transform the travel industry and enhance the traveler experience.
Geopolitics
In an era of global shifts and evolving balances, the Geopolitics Stage provides a compass for navigating international dynamics. This space is dedicated to analyzing global scenarios, new power structures, and the challenges reshaping the boundaries of politics and economics. It is a vital meeting point for understanding the forces governing our present and anticipating the developments of an increasingly interconnected future.
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Session for 24 june
24 june
Mainstage
Co - Hosting
Veronica Maffei
Journalist
Cosmano Lombardo
Chairman
WMF - We Make Future
24 june
09:30 - 10:00
Mainstage
Live Show!
Surprise Guest
24 june
10:00 - 10:15
Mainstage
Opening Ceremony WMF 2026!
Surprise Guest
24 june
10:15 - 10:30
Mainstage
Welcome to WMF 2026!
Cosmano Lombardo
Chairman
WMF - We Make Future
24 june
10:30 - 10:40
Mainstage
Lucilla Sioli
Director for "Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry"
Directorate-General CONNECT, European Commission
24 june
10:40 - 10:50
Mainstage
Francesco Ubertini
President
CINECA
24 june
10:50 - 11:10
Mainstage
Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli
Professor of EECS
University of California, Berkeley
24 june
11:10 - 11:25
Mainstage
OpenAI
24 june
11:25 - 11:35
Mainstage
Dell Technologies
24 june
11:30 - 11:50
Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
SiteBuilderBuilder: the whitelabel platform that turns Agencies and Telcos into SiteBuilders.
Offering your own SiteBuilder to clients is no longer a privilege reserved for the big players. SiteBuilderBuilder is the whitelabel platform that allows you to hit the market with a fully branded, flexible, and customizable website creation tool—without any internal development. In this talk, we’ll explore how it works, what you can offer your clients, and why more and more operators are choosing to build and market a digital product under their own name.
Calogero Milazzo
Chief Operating Officer
24 june
11:35 - 11:50
Mainstage
Cecilia Sala
Journalist
Chora News
24 june
11:50 - 12:00
Mainstage
Randa Ghazy
Journalist, Author & Media Specialist
24 june
11:50 - 12:10
Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
Luca Petrocchi
CEO & Founder
SEMprofile S.r.l.
24 june
11:50 - 12:20
AI & Business Transformation
Massimo Chiriatti
Chief Technical & Innovation Officer
Lenovo
24 june
11:50 - 12:20
Agentic AI
Alessio Pomaro
Head of AI
Search On Media Group
24 june
11:50 - 12:20
Journalism
Enrico Mentana
Journalist & Director
La7
24 june
11:50 - 12:30
Content Marketing
Training Empathy: How to Use AI with Care in Web Editing
AI writes, rewrites, and synthesizes. It renders everything more accessible yet more fragile, as the loss of attention is ever-present: for this reason, it is essential to perceive web editing as a daily and conscious act of care in writing, source verification, and listening to the readership. Every action is composed of time, doubts, and concessions. And empathy? It reveals itself as a professional competence, enabling the recognition of the actual needs underlying a query and the expectations behind a click.
Caterina Damiano
Educational manager LdW Academy, SEO Strategist
LaPenna del Web
24 june
11:50 - 12:30
Data & Analytics
CRO & AI: Perceiving the Invisible to Scale Business
Information exists within your data that GA4 alone is not disclosing. Discover how Artificial Intelligence is rewriting the rules of CRO, enabling the extraction of profound insights that were previously technically unattainable. We shall analyze real-world case studies where the synthesis of data and algorithms has generated a quantum leap in performance, demonstrating how to revolutionize the strategic approach to your clients' projects.
Enrico Pavan
Co-founder & President
Analytics Boosters
24 june
12:00 - 12:10
Mainstage
Pierre-Philippe Mathieu
Head of the Φ-lab Explore Office
ESA - European Space Agency
24 june
12:10 - 12:25
Mainstage
Surprise Guest
24 june
12:20 - 12:40
Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
Corporate communication: what you do not know. Internal communication: the true reason strategies fail
Internal communication represents the vital core of any organization aspiring to growth, innovation, and genuine employee engagement. Following last year's success, I return with a presentation that is even more pragmatic and provocative: real-world case studies, prevalent errors, and practical strategies to transform communication into an authentic competitive advantage. Should you seek to understand how to align teams, vision, and results, this session is intended for you.
Martina Pescioli
Founder & Creative Director
Mentarossa Comunicazione
24 june
12:25 - 12:30
Mainstage
Closing Session 1!
Day 1
24 june
12:40 - 13:10
AI & Business Transformation
Matteo Mille
Chief Sales Enablement & Operations
Microsoft Italia
24 june
12:40 - 13:10
Journalism
Marcel Vulpis
Journalist
Sport Economy
Carlo Di Blasi
President
Fight1
Jordan Valdinocci
Athlete
24 june
12:40 - 13:10
Data & Analytics
Your AI Is Driving at 150 km/h While Staring into the Rearview Mirror
Financial reports reflect the past. Behavioral data predicts the future; however, without Identity Resolution, you are training your models on corpses.
Filippo Trocca
Head of Data & Adtech
Making Science
24 june
Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
From Strategy to Performance: The Full-Funnel Framework Uniting Marketing and Business
We shall operationalize a full-funnel approach designed to drive business decisions: objectives, audiences, channels, content, and measurement. From the initial analysis to the strategic selection of investment areas to maximize demand and conversion, culminating in a measurement system that enables continuous optimization and more effective budget allocation. Engage and Waves serve as accelerators in the key phases: target definition and performance measurement.
Gabriele Contilli
General Manager
ISPD Italia
24 june
14:30 - 15:00
Journalism
Corrado Formigli
Journalist
La7
24 june
14:30 - 15:00
Social Media Strategies
Where is social media attention in the era of the infinite feed?
In 2026, the winner is not the one who publishes the most, but the one who understands how attention works. With a feed scrolling faster than ever—more creators, more formats, more stimuli, more noise—the real problem is no longer publishing more, but understanding where attention actually lies and how to capture it without burning out your brand in the process. In this talk, we will analyze how user behavior has changed on current social media, which formats are truly retaining attention, which dynamics are dying even if they still seem "trending," and why chasing the algorithm is no longer a sustainable strategy.
Jordi San Ildefonso
Social Media Strategist
Metricool
24 june
14:30 - 15:00
Content Marketing
How to avoid the enshittification of your content strategy. Less is better!
The Priority Prism choosing what to do, and what not to do. In recent years, marketing complexity has exploded: new touchpoints, new formats, new platforms, and new AI-driven tools. The promise is efficiency; the result is often fragmentation. Many content strategies start with a clear direction but, over time, become cluttered with disconnected activities—chasing trends, adding channels, and experimenting with tools. Output increases, but impact doesn't. This is precisely when 'enshittification' begins. In this session, I will present the Priority Prism, a decision-making framework designed for CMOs and marketing managers to restore order to complexity. The model is based on a simple principle: every piece of content must be filtered through a specific primary brand goal—whether it's Sales, Awareness, Positioning, or Talent Attraction. Every goal requires coherent actions and, crucially, specific sacrifices. Through real-world cases and practical applications, we will see how to use the Prism to: Select high-impact initiatives.Eliminate 'decorative' activities. Avoid AI-enabled compulsive production. Concentrate budget and teams on a few strategic actions. The thesis is clear: in today's landscape, the ultimate competitive advantage isn't doing everything—it's choosing what NOT to do. This speech is for those who feel the pressure to be everywhere but want to return to a strategy that is legible, coherent, and measurable. Less noise. More direction. Real impact.
Niccolò Di Vito
Creative Director e Founder
Studio Riprese Firenze
24 june
14:30 - 15:00
Data & Analytics
Measuring the Invisible: End-to-End attribution strategies in the AI and zero-click era
In 2026, the customer journey has gone 'silent': AI agents and zero-click searches now mediate interactions, making old click-based models and navigation tracking completely inadequate. This session outlines our proposition for end-to-end measurement that unifies signals from the pixel to offline CRM data, centralizing everything in BigQuery. We will shift the focus from vanity metrics to CLTV and pCLTV. We’ll explore why incrementality measurement protocols and Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) are now the only tools capable of proving the real impact of marketing on company margins.
Riccardo Sozzi
Head of Digital Data
Navla
24 june
14:40 - 15:00
Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
[CASE STUDY] SEO for AI (GEO/AEO) within the medical sector. Strategies for acquiring qualified leads, including expansion into international markets.
A case study concerning a complex segment, developed through a multichannel strategy (centered on search intent) within the medical field. We shall examine how this brand, an offshoot of a larger corporate entity, is scaling both domestic and international SERPs by leveraging SEO for AI and the broader evolution of online search.
Giovanni Le Coche
CEO, SEO & Digital Marketing Manager
Arkys
24 june
15:20 - 15:35
AI & Business Transformation
Tiarne Hawkins
AI Leader & Host
You & AI - Stealth Mode
24 june
15:20 - 15:50
Social Media Strategies
Creator Mindset for Brands: credibility, codes, and AI
Social media rewards those who communicate with an authentic and contemporary language: formats, tone, timing, and methods that creators have mastered best. Can a brand adopt that mindset without losing authority and recognizability? How do you balance identity and "native content"? And how can you use AI as an ally, rather than a shortcut, to make the creative process more effective? Social Media Troupe proposes a perspective to help companies build social-first content capable of generating attention and trust.
Matilde Prestinari
Entrepreneur & Content Creator
Social Media Troupe
Valentina Frachetti
Videomaker & Graphic Designer
Social Media Troupe
24 june
15:20 - 15:50
Agentic AI
Beyond Red Teaming: Building a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework for conversational AI
As enterprises rush to deploy AI agents in customer-facing operations, most rely on one-time audits and manual testing. This approach offers limited coverage, surfaces problems only after the damage is done, and typically focuses on safety while ignoring accuracy, user experience, and operational efficiency. This session presents a practical framework for continuous AI monitoring and evaluation, drawn from deploying automated testing infrastructure across major European enterprises. Attendees will learn why point-in-time testing isn’t enough, how to implement live monitoring that catches failures before they become widespread, and what the EU AI Act actually requires in terms of ongoing oversight versus pre-deployment testing.
Maria Yolanda Bilé Nlang
Data scientist & Conversational AI Engineer
Brise
24 june
15:20 - 15:50
Journalism
Randa Ghazy
Journalist, Author & Media Specialist
24 june
15:20 - 15:50
Content Marketing
A different marketing: strategic thoughts for uncertain times
This session will address marketing strategy in an era where new, disruptive forces are impacting planning, execution, and creativity. Drawing on established frameworks, Giorgio Soffiato will explore the marketing plan from both a strategic and practical angle. We will analyze how to build a solid path that balances long-term vision with the flexibility required by today’s turbulent market, providing a clear roadmap to navigate uncertainty without losing sight of business objectives.
Giorgio Soffiato
Marketing Director
Marketing Arena Spa
24 june
15:30 - 15:50
Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
A new playground for brands: testing with new strategies through AR Glasses
In a landscape where brands are constantly seeking new ways to connect, AR Glasses are introducing unprecedented scenarios for interaction and digital presence. This talk explores how these devices—born from a gaming and interactive DNA—can evolve into strategic tools to design experiences, activate new touchpoints, and rethink the relationship with audiences.
Lara Oliveti
CEO & Co-Founder
Melazeta srl
24 june
16:00 - 16:30
Mainstage
Live Show!
Surprise Guest
24 june
16:00 - 16:40
Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
WhatsApp as a Business Catalyst
In an increasingly saturated digital landscape, traditional channels are experiencing an engagement crisis: emails yield open rates of approximately 10% and response times measured in days. Radical innovation is required. This session marks the transition from unidirectional marketing to the Conversational Era, driven by intelligent systems that listen, comprehend intent, and execute actions. Discover Spoki, the premier CEM platform that transforms WhatsApp into a strategic asset to position your brand among the innovators of the new digital commerce.
Mattia Pace
Chief Marketing Officer & Board
Spoki
24 june
16:10 - 16:30
Journalism
Leyla Elchekhly
TV Presenter
Al Jazeera Media Network
24 june
16:10 - 16:40
Content Marketing
Shaping the Sound of the Future: AI for Audio and Podcast Production
In an era where artificial intelligence actively enters creative processes, our conceptualization of music and audio is undergoing a radical transformation. In this speech, we will explore how AI can support audio and podcast production, examining the various creative stages (scriptwriting, musical composition, mixing, and mastering). We will analyze tools and instruments that enable the generation of synthetic voices, the transformation of one's own voice, the creation of entire tracks from text prompts, or the implementation of auto-editing solutions for podcasts. Finally, we will look toward the future: what will be the role of the musician, the producer, and the sound designer in a landscape where AI can both extend and redefine creativity?
Annalisa Terzoli
CEO & Podcast Producer
Vocal
24 june
16:10 - 16:40
Agentic AI
Agentic Experience Architectures
Agentic Experience Architectures (AEA) shift AI from task-based automation to journey-structured, context-aware, adaptive intelligence. Agents are organized by user journeys, splitting into: Journey agents that guide intent and decisions, Utility agents that provide memory, retrieval, reasoning, and governance. AEA introduces a layered orchestration model — planner → orchestrators → routers → agents — enabling traceability, safety, and efficient multi-agent collaboration. It fits best where reasoning and user experience must co-evolve (copilots, analytics, Vertical Saas, healthcare, creative tools, enterprise platforms). Security becomes zero-trust, policy-bound, and identity-based across all stages. AEA uses shared state and intent schemas to synchronize reasoning and UX, allowing adaptive, explainable interfaces. With reusable templates, observability, and continuous learning loops, AEA significantly improves: latency, containment, trust, explainability, cost, and multi-agent yield.
Viktoria Bovtenko
AI Architect
Bovtenko.AI
24 june
16:30 - 16:35
Mainstage
Opening Session 2!
Day 1
24 june
16:30 - 16:50
Journalism
Giuseppe Dentice
Senior Geopolitcal Analyst
OSMED - Osservatorio sul Mediterraneo
24 june
16:35 - 16:45
Mainstage
Al Jazeera
24 june
16:45 - 16:55
Mainstage
GETEC Switzerland
24 june
16:55 - 17:15
Mainstage
International Ecosystem Roundtable
24 june
17:15 - 17:25
Mainstage
Pierluca Mariti
Comico
24 june
17:25 - 17:40
Mainstage
Aprajita Jain
Chief Brand
Google
24 june
17:40 - 17:55
Mainstage
Generative Bionics
24 june
17:55 - 18:05
Mainstage
Surprise Guest
24 june
Social Media Strategies
Program in progress!
New Speakers Coming Soon
24 june
18:05 - 18:25
Mainstage
Stefano Massini
Author & Playwright
24 june
18:25 - 18:30
Mainstage
Closing Day 1!
Day 1
24 june
Agentic AI
Program in progress!
New Speakers Coming Soon
24 june
Content Marketing
Program in progress!
New Speakers Coming Soon
24 june
Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
Program in progress!
New Speakers Coming Soon
24 june
Data & Analytics
Program in progress!
New Speakers Coming Soon
24 june
AI & Business Transformation
Program in progress!
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Session for 25 june
25 june
09:45 - 10:15
Mainstage
Live Show!
Surprise Guest
25 june
10:15 - 10:25
Mainstage
Opening Ceremony - Day 2!
Surprise Guest
25 june
10:25 - 10:40
Mainstage
NVIDIA
25 june
10:40 - 11:00
Mainstage
Mathew Knowles
Founder & CEO, Strategic Consultant, Keynote Speaker, and Corporate Trainer
Music World Entertainment (MWE)
25 june
11:00 - 11:15
Mainstage
Brunello Cucinelli
Founder & Chief Executive
Brunello Cucinelli
25 june
11:15 - 11:25
Mainstage
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
25 june
11:25 - 11:35
Mainstage
Ayumi Moore Aoki
Founder & CEO
Women in Tech® Global
25 june
11:35 - 11:45
Mainstage
Jakidale
Youtuber & Content Creator
25 june
11:45 - 11:55
Mainstage
Anthropic AI
25 june
11:50 - 12:10
Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
From Target to Conversion: Omnichannel Advertising That (Truly) Simplifies
In a landscape where AI, data, and personalization are rewriting the rules of digital marketing, the differentiator lies in the ability to reach the right individual, at the right moment, via the right channel. In this session, we will explore how TokyDigital enables omnichannel campaigns through centralized management, transforming operational complexity and fragmentation into a more rapid, measurable, and conversion-oriented flow. A journey through strategy, activation, and performance, with a concrete focus on compliance and targeting quality, without becoming lost in technicalities.
Diego La Monica
CTO
Toky Digital
25 june
11:50 - 12:20
Search & AI
Your website is a person: Google decides whether to introduce them to its friends.
A talk on SEO, UX, and AI explained through the lens of human relationships. Google does not evaluate the website; it evaluates the "reactions" to the website. Imagine this encounter: Core Web Vitals represent the first impression; if you are sluggish or confused, you fail to make a favorable impact. Discover is the moment Google decides whether to introduce you to its friends, and AI serves as the "emotional memory" that speaks of your brand.
Mariachiara Marsella
SEO & Digital Temporary Manager
Mariachiara Marsella
25 june
11:55 - 12:05
Mainstage
Orazio Schillaci
Ministro della Salute della Repubblica Italiana
Ministero della Salute
25 june
12:05 - 12:25
Mainstage
Enrico Mentana
Journalist & Director
La7
25 june
12:25 - 12:30
Mainstage
Closing Session 1!
Day 2
25 june
12:40 - 13:10
Search & AI
Scaling Content Across Languages in the AI Era: Speed, Risk, and SEO Reality
AI has made it easier than ever to scale multilingual content—but speed often comes at the cost of search performance and trust. This session breaks down where AI and machine translation genuinely support international SEO, where they introduce risk, and how to design workflows that balance efficiency with quality, relevance, and long-term rankings.
Silvi Nuñez
Co-Founder
Optimational
25 june
12:40 - 13:10
Social Media Strategies
Will Media: from follower to maker. How to transform a community into a self-sustaining ecosystem
Will Media is one of the most interesting cases of an editorial community born on social media and grown to generate events, formats, and real-life meeting moments. But how do you transform attention into a relationship that lasts over time? In this speech, we analyze the Will Media model and show how segmentation, personalization, and automation tools can take a community to the next level: an ecosystem where every interaction fuels the next, without depending solely on the next piece of content.
Alessio Sorrentino
Direttore Operativo (COO)
Floox
Luca Castelli
Audience Lead
Chora & Will Media
25 june
14:20 - 14:40
Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
SEO, AI & LLMs: 3 Real-World Case Studies of Effective SEO Strategies in 2026
SEO has already undergone a radical transformation. If your eCommerce performance isn't as bright as in previous years, you’ve likely already noticed. Between AI and the new SERPs in search engines, many of the strategies that worked until yesterday are no longer enough. In this session—featuring both an entrepreneurial and a technical perspective—we will analyze how to dominate the new Customer Journey, intercepting users within the Messy Middle of multi-channel searches. We will share data from our proprietary study of over 30,000 keywords analyzed in February 2026, alongside three real-world case studies of SEO strategies implemented over the last 12 months across different sectors. We’ll show the roadmap, the mistakes made, and the results achieved. This isn't just about numbers, but the "why" behind the decisions. The goal is to provide entrepreneurs with the tools to evaluate whether their SEO strategy is aligned with new paradigms or if it requires a reboot to remain effective.
Stefano Robbi
Founder & CEO
NetStrategy srl
Francesca Vena
SEO Specialist
NetStrategy
25 june
15:10 - 15:50
Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
Retail Revolution: Transforming a Pharmaceutical Project into a Retail Framework
The pharmaceutical context—characterized by competitive pressure, online growth, and increasingly digital consumers—necessitates a simple, scalable, and measurable ecosystem for social media communication management. The solution is a headless platform integrating content, training, governance, and artificial intelligence to empower physical points of sale to maintain a structured social media presence. This model is engineered for replicability across diverse retail environments where the customer relationship constitutes the primary strategic asset.
Marco Rossi
Senior Digital Strategist | Head of SMM
Proxima Spa
Elena Bertacchini
Area Manager
Proxima Spa
25 june
15:20 - 15:50
Social Media Strategies
Social updates 2026: how to use AI to adapt content, ads, and strategy
Social media are constantly changing: new formats, new algorithms, and new distribution rules. The real problem is not staying updated, but understanding what to do after each update. In this talk, we will analyze the main news from Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn, and we will see how to use artificial intelligence—not to generate content automatically, but to strategically adapt content, advertising campaigns, and workflows. From reading updates to their practical application: what has truly changed on the platforms, what to stop doing, and how to use AI to test, optimize, and decide faster. A practical session designed for marketers, freelancers, and teams who want to stop chasing algorithms and continue working with method, data, and strategy.
Roberto Nardini
AI & Digital Strategist | Co-Founder
ADV+
25 june
15:20 - 15:50
Search & AI
SEO Audit Agentico +veloce, +preciso, +scalabile
Presentation of agentic programming applied to an automated SEO audit. Demonstration, examples, and practical applications.
Giovanni Sacheli
Technical SEO & Consultant
Stefano Rigazio
CEO
Enthous
25 june
16:00 - 16:30
Mainstage
Live Show!
Surprise Guest
25 june
16:30 - 16:35
Mainstage
Opening Session 2!
Day 2
25 june
16:35 - 16:45
Mainstage
Klarna
25 june
16:45 - 16:55
Mainstage
Trade Republic
25 june
16:55 - 17:05
Mainstage
Stefano Onofri
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Cubbit
25 june
17:05 - 17:45
Mainstage
Startup Competition - The Final
The Final of the largest International Startup Competition
25 june
17:45 - 18:05
Mainstage
The New Innovation Thesis: Co-creating the Future of Business
25 june
Social Media Strategies
Program in progress!
New Speakers Coming Soon
25 june
18:05 - 18:10
Mainstage
Startup Competition Awards Ceremony
The Final of the largest International Startup Competition
25 june
18:10 - 18:25
Mainstage
Giuseppe Lombardo
Deputy Public Prosecutor
Court of Reggio Calabria
25 june
18:25 - 18:30
Mainstage
Closing day 2!
Day 2
25 june
Digital Marketing & Business Solutions
Program in progress!
New Speakers Coming Soon
25 june
Search & AI
Program in progress!
New Speakers Coming Soon
Session for 26 june
26 june
10:00 - 10:40
Mainstage
Urban Impression Live Concert
Dardust
Producer & Artist
26 june
10:40 - 10:50
Mainstage
Opening Ceremony - Day 3!
Surprise Guest
26 june
10:50 - 11:00
Mainstage
European Space Agency - ESA
26 june
11:00 - 11:10
Mainstage
Intel
26 june
11:10 - 11:20
Mainstage
Michiel Scheffer
President of the Board
European Innovation Council | European Commission
26 june
11:20 - 11:35
Mainstage
Bryan Madden
Global Head of Developer, Sovereign AI & Physical AI Marketing
AMD
26 june
11:35 - 11:45
Mainstage
Daniele Pucci
CEO
Generative Bionics
26 june
11:45 - 12:05
Mainstage
Humanoid Robotics & Physical AI
Daniele Pucci
CEO
Generative Bionics
Bryan Madden
Global Head of Developer, Sovereign AI & Physical AI Marketing
AMD
Claudio Cisilino
EVP Operations, Corporate Strategy and Innovation
Fincantieri
26 june
11:50 - 12:20
Search & AI
AgriEuro and Search On at WMF: Strategies and Results of an Integrated Partnership
This presentation will illustrate the collaboration between AgriEuro, the leading European e-commerce platform for agricultural and gardening machinery, and Search On, an AI and Digital Marketing consultancy firm that monitors the e-commerce sector and supports AgriEuro across Google Ads, SEO, and Web Analytics. Over time, the partnership has evolved into an integrated strategic journey, capable of addressing the complexities of a continuously shifting market through a shared vision.
Giacomo Pompei
Digital Project Manager & Marketing Coordinator
AgriEuro
26 june
11:50 - 12:20
Content Marketing
Algorithms with a Nose: Wine in the Era of Short Attention and Long Stories
This speech explores the dialogue between wine culture and short-attention digital ecosystems. How can we narrate territories, identities, and time in a world driven by micro-content? The presentation investigates new narrative codes, ranging from cultural value as a competitive lever to community building, experiential CRM, and AI as a tool to amplify the authenticity and depth of food and wine storytelling.
Enza Bergantino
Head of Digital & Partner
Jacleroi
26 june
11:50 - 12:20
Digital Strategy
Experiential Marketing: How to Organize a Pop-Up and the Media Strategy to Promote It
In a landscape dominated by advertising saturation, what truly remains etched in memory is not the message, but the emotion it evokes. Experiential Marketing represents the strategic response to a context of widespread inattention: an approach that places individuals at the center, transforming the consumer into an active protagonist of the brand experience. Yet, how does one organize an effective Pop-Up, and how is it promoted at a media level?
Sara Barbi
Media & Experiential Marketing Expert
26 june
11:50 - 12:20
Geopolitics
Lorenzo Tondo
Journalist
The Guardian
26 june
11:50 - 12:20
Data & Analytics
AI Agents are the new users: protecting data quality and decision-making between bots and real users
AI agents are no longer a thing of the future: today, they navigate your website, generate interactions, and complete conversions with such naturalness that it has become nearly impossible to distinguish them from real users. In this landscape, standard event tracking is no longer enough to block and filter "synthetic" data generated by increasingly sophisticated bots and AI systems. Consequently, maintaining high-quality data and making profitable strategic decisions requires more advanced bot-filtering methods. In this session, I will demonstrate how to protect your data quality by combining behavioral analysis — using tools like Microsoft Clarity — with real-time, AI-driven bot traffic controls. You will discover how to recognize the difference between human and synthetic behaviors, building an analytics system that remains reliable even in this new era.
Matteo Zambon
Co-Founder & Product Evangelist
Tag Manager Italia & Stape
26 june
12:05 - 12:25
Mainstage
Nicola Gratteri
Public Prosecutor
Court of Naples
26 june
12:25 - 12:30
Mainstage
Closing Session 1!
Day 3
26 june
12:40 - 13:10
Search & AI
Beyond AI Citations & Hype: When AI Mentions Hurt Your Brand
In the rush to dominate AI Overviews and LLM citations, we tend to ignore a critical question: is every mention a win for our brand? For many brands, and at different moments, the answer can be a resounding no, as citations can be harmful for your brand kill your click-through rates. Join me to explore where AI visibility fails to drive commercial value. This session moves past the hype to explore the hidden risks of being cited by AI platforms and functionalities like AI Mode. I will present a practical and adaptable framework to help you audit your AI footprint, protect your brand equity and help ensure that when your brand is cited, your audience. It is all about start managing your reputation, as well as visibility and trust. What you will learn: - The AI citation audit: what's an AI citation and how to identify mentions that can hurt your brand - From citation to conversion: strategies and a framework to become the preferred commercial choice - Brand governance: how to manage client and stakeholder expectations in the era of zero-click search
Montserrat Cano
International Consultant & Trainer
MC, International SEO & Digital Strategy
26 june
12:40 - 13:10
Content Marketing
The Method to Initiate Communication with Effective Content, Even with Limited Time
In this speech, you will discover a practical method for communicating through clear and effective content, despite obstacles such as a lack of time, a dearth of ideas, and the fear of judgment. We shall examine how to continuously generate ideas, organize a streamlined setup, and transform your daily activities into posts, videos, and stories that direct the appropriate audience toward your work.
Mattia Cittadino
Content Creator
26 june
12:40 - 13:10
Agentic AI
Monica Orsino
Sn Learning and Development Manager
Microsoft
26 june
12:40 - 13:10
Digital Strategy
AI Is Rewriting Digital Media Economics: Measurement, Identity, and Adaptive Growth
Digital media business models were built on deterministic tracking and fragmented measurement. That foundation is collapsing under privacy regulation and signal loss. This session explores how AI driven identity layers, probabilistic modeling, and adaptive feedback systems are rebuilding digital media economics. Attendees will learn how to design measurement architectures that power sustainable growth across acquisition, retention, and monetization.
Nikhil Mehra
Senior Product Manager
My Code
26 june
12:40 - 13:10
Geopolitics
Giuseppe Dentice
Senior Geopolitcal Analyst
OSMED - Osservatorio sul Mediterraneo
26 june
12:40 - 13:10
Data & Analytics
Conversational Analytics: The New Paradigm of Data Analysis
For years, we’ve built dashboards, selected filters, dragged dimensions, and then... we "waited" for the right insight. Today, the approach has been flipped: Artificial Intelligence allows us to interact directly with data, ask questions in natural language, and receive structured, concise answers ready to be shared. In this session, using real-world cases and concrete tools, I will show you how AI is transforming reporting. We will explore the shift from static visualizations to dynamic conversations, the transition from time lost in tools to time gained in insights, and the move from hand-built dashboards to real-time generated narratives. This isn't the end of data analytics. It is the beginning of a new way of thinking with data.
William Sbarzaglia
Data Analyst & Ai Consultant
26 june
14:30 - 15:00
Search & AI
AI-Driven SEO: How SMEs Can Compete (and Win) Online
One does not need to be a giant to dominate the digital landscape. Artificial intelligence offers SMEs the tools and opportunities to optimize visibility, content, and lead generation with sustainable budgets and measurable results.
Marco Maltraversi
CEO | SEO & AI Specialist
YourDigitalWeb
26 june
14:30 - 15:10
Geopolitics
Domenico Guzzo
Professor
University of Bologna
26 june
15:30 - 16:00
Agentic AI
From Billable Hours to Outcomes: Building Agent Practices That Actually Make Money
The enterprise applications services industry is facing its most significant business model disruption in decades. McKinsey now earns 20–25% of global fees from outcome-based pricing. They’ve deployed approximately 12,000 AI agents internally and shrunk typical project teams from 14+ consultants to 2–3 consultants plus AI agents. Meanwhile, 42% of companies abandoned most AI initiatives in 2025, and the average enterprise scrapped 46% of AI pilots before production. This speech delivers a practitioner’s playbook for system integrators building AI agent practices that actually make money. Drawing from a decade of enterprise software experience across multiple continents and ecosystems, the speaker introduces the Culture–Context–Code framework and a realistic 90-day sprint to first agent in production, followed by a 9-month transformation roadmap. Attendees will leave with a concrete operating model, specific pricing structures with real numbers, a step-by-step execution timeline, and a clear understanding of how to navigate the EU AI Act, DORA, and NIS2 regulatory landscape while building AI agent practices.
Ajaz Ahmed Siddiqui
GTM for AI Business Solutions
Microsoft
26 june
16:00 - 16:20
Mainstage
Live Show!
Surprise Guest
26 june
16:10 - 16:40
Content Marketing
AI and Podcasting: When everyone is creating, what makes us stand out?
AI has made podcasting fast, easy, and accessible to everyone. But while production is exploding thanks to automation, listening time remains the same. The question then shifts: it’s no longer about how to create content with AI, but how to avoid becoming invisible among AI-generated content. In a saturated ecosystem, what will truly make the difference? This session looks beyond the tools: to where it’s actually decided who gets heard.
Dina Curione
Journalist & AI Learning Strategist
26 june
16:20 - 16:25
Mainstage
Opening Session 2!
Day 3
26 june
16:25 - 16:35
Mainstage
Google LLC
26 june
16:35 - 16:45
Mainstage
Maurizio Carta
Professor
Università di Palermo
26 june
16:45 - 16:55
Mainstage
Chris Bangle
Managing Director & Former Design Lead
Chris Bangle Associates & BMW
26 june
16:55 - 17:10
Mainstage
Microsoft
26 june
17:00 - 17:50
Search & AI
SEO for AI: How to be Visible Everywhere
Giorgio Taverniti
Co-Founder , COO Consulting, SEO, AI & Digital Marketing Expert
Search On Media Group
26 june
17:00 - 17:50
Digital Strategy
Strategic thinking toolbox: strategic instruments for guiding processes in the age of AI
In the age of AI, there is a fundamental need for both action and expertise. We will examine over 20 canvases designed to guide specific actions, ensuring maximum leverage of AI without succumbing to its pitfalls. These are strategic compasses derived from design thinking, tailored for branding, content, marketing, product development, and organizational structure.
Vertical events on AI, Startups, Gaming, Creators, etc.
Slides and video recordings
WebApp access
Certificate of attendance
Who is this ticket for?
For those who want access to the world’s most comprehensive training program on AI, Digital, and Tech innovation, and want to experience everything WMF has to offer without limits for three days: from the Training Stages and the Exhibition Area with B2B meetings, to the Mainstage featuring concerts and live shows.
Exhibition Area, B2B meetings, and tech shows for 1 day
Vertical events on AI, Startups, Gaming, Creators, etc. for 1 day
WebApp access
Certificate of attendance
Who is this ticket for?
For those who want to access the most comprehensive educational program in the world on AI, Digital and Tech innovation and experience the entire WMF for 1 day: from the Educational Stages to the Exhibition Area with B2B meetings, up to the Mainstage with concerts and live shows.
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